Message #1600800

[stealyerbase]

Here's one article about it. http://www.sfgate.com/giants/jenkins/article/Automated-balls-and-strikes-not-just-a-gimmick-6411465.php

My favorite quote from Manfred:
It sounds almost frightening from a traditional viewpoint, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred cast a skeptical vote to the Associated Press this week, saying, “I think we are a ways away from using technology to call balls and strikes, I really do. It’s because of technology limitations. It’s because, quite frankly, the strike zone is different for every single guy.”

That's the point, dimwit. And any tech issues could be solved by next weekend if MLB really wanted to use it.

I'm glad this is happening, albeit in an independent league. I think it's past time to implement this in MLB, +/- an inch beats the heck out of what we're seeing now.